The Lusitania's Last Voyage
wired him to cable you, I had added the words that I would wire my plans later in the day. This second wire which I sent from Queenstown did not reach him, although he waited at his shop until 8 o'clock Saturday night.
He had decided that if there was any way of getting directly through to London that I would come. So he set his clock for 4 a.m., got up, made himself a cup of tea, and walked from his house to Euston, a distance of 9 miles that's some demonstration of friendship!
He insisted that I come to his house, and I certainly wanted to do so, for his home looked better to me than the Hotel Kingsley or the Embassy. I took Mr. Walford back to the Ambassador and introduced him. On explaining the situation to Mr. Page he told me by all means to follow my own wishes.
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